Bracket for supporting mirrors and the like



W. LA HODNY4 BRACKET FOR SUPPRTING MIRRORS AND THE LIKE May 15, 1923. A'1,455,441

/s/,lilad May 5, 1920 Patentes May is, reas.

BASSA@ WILLIAM LA HODNY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

BRACKET FOR SPPORTING MIRRORS AND THE LIKE.4

Application filed- May 3,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L A HODNY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and4 State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brackets forSupporting Mirrors and the like, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a bracket which y .is more particularlyintended for supporting a mirror on the canopy of an automobile so thatthe driver can see what is going on behind him without turning around,but the invention is also applicable for other uses.'

rlhe object of this invention is the roduction of a bracket of thischaracter W ich can be readily and easily adjusted into vari- .ousangular positions in order to obtain the required reection of themirror, which is simple in construction and neat 1n appearance and whichcan be produced at comparatively lowcost.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, of a bracket embodying my invention showing the same employedfor mounting a mirror on4 the top or canopy of an automobile. Figure 2is a plan view of the same. Figures 3 and 4 are cross sections on thecorrespondingly numbered lines in Fig. 2. Figures 5, 6', 7 and 8 areperspective views of the several main parts of my improved bracket. l lSimilar characters of reference refer to like parts throughout theseveral views.A

Although this invention may be employed for various purposes the same isshown in the drawings installed on the front bar 10 of an automobile topor canopy for supporting a mirror 11 thereon. ln its generalorganization this improved bracket consists of an attaching base whichis` mounted on the automobile top, a supporting head which carries themirror, and an adjusting arm which is adjustably connected with the baseand head. The base comprises an attaching plate 12 which is secured atits ends to the canopy bar by means of screws 13 and two lugs which arebent forwardly toward each other from opposite edges of said plate andconstructed to form two reduced sections 14.- forming a neck adjacent tothe base plate, and two semi-spherical sections 15 which together form aball. This base plate and the lugs thereof which form the neck 1920.serial No. 378,407.

and ball thereon are preferably stamped from a single sheet of metal inany suitable or approved manner. l

The head comprises a longitudinal plate 16 arranged in rear ofthe mirrorand provided at its opposite ends with two pairs of transverse ngers 17having hooks 18 which engage with the upper and lower edges,respectlvely, of the mirror. These hooks are iirmly held in engagementwith the mirror by means of a plurality ofclamps each of which has abody 19 of substantially U-shaped form. lThe legs of cach 'clampstraddle an edge portion of the head plate. A clamping screw 20 engageswith a threaded opening 21 in the head plate and passes with its outerpart freely through an opening in the rear leg of the respective clampwhile its front end bears against the companion front leg and pressesthe latter against the rear side of the mirror, as shown in Figs. 1 and2. Midway of its length Ithe head plate is pro-i vided on its oppositelongitudinal edges with a pair of rearwardly projecting lugs which formcompanion sections 22 of a reduced neck adjacent to the head plate, andtwo semi-spherical sections 23 of a ball, said head plate together withits linger hoops, neck sections and ball sections being constructedintegrally ofv sheet metal in a well known manner. i f

The adjusting arm is composed of two like longitudinal sections each ofwhich has a semi-tubular body 24 and two seminspherical sockets 25, 26at opposite ends of the body, said sections when assembled beingarranged side by'side and its body sections together forming a tubularbody while the socket i sections thereof together form spherical socketsat the front and rear ends of the arm which embrace, respectively, theball of the supporting head and the ball of the attaching bars.

The sections of the arm are connected by means which are adjustable andpermit of drawing these sections together sb that these socket sectionsbear frictionally against opposite sides of the balls on the base andthe head. This adjustable connection preferably consists of a clampingscrew 27, preferably ofl the thumb screw type, which passes through anopening 28 in the central part of the body of one arm section and bearswith its head against the outer side thereof while its threaded shankengages with the 110 threaded opening 29 in the body of the other armsection, as shown in Figs. l, f3 and 3.

B this means a friction joint or grlp is produced between the arm andthe base and head which permits of adjusting the mirror at variousangles andthen retaining the same frictionally in place.

. rlihisbracket as a Whole is composed of comparatively few parts' whichare simple and' inexpensive in construction, the same when assembled canbe conveniently adjusted to suit different requirements, and the samepresent/a neat appearance which. renders the same particularly availablein cases where this is an important consideration.

l claim as my invention;

1. A bracket for supporting mirrors and the like comprising a plate,lugs arranged.y on opposite edges of said plate and integral if;therewith and folded toward each other and constructed to form twosemi-spherical sections of a ball, and an arm hai/'ingl twosemispherical socket sections which are connected vposite l foldedtoward each other to form two semispherical sections of` aba'll,'andsaid arm com risin two lon itud-inal sections ar- P g g their endsconstructed to of' sockets other and having form semi-spherical sectionsranged side by side and connected with each f which receive said ballsof said base and head, l

` 3. The combination with a mirror, ot cooperating holding membersengaging opedges of sald mirror and' havin cooperating rounded portionsforming a,l all, and a supporting clamp adjustably engagi'ngsaidcooperating rounded portlons.

'WILLIAM LAHODNY,

